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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame time there was a Norman in king Edwardes Court,A Norman of paſsing ſtrẽgth of ſuche paſſing ſtrength of bodye, that he ouerthrewe all men with whome hee wraſtled,Ferquhard a Scottiſh man ouerthrew the ſayd Norman. tyll at length was Ferquhard a Scottiſh man borne, of the Countrey of [...] deſcended of noble [...] his great prayſe and gouernment [...] King Alexander in guerd [...]n of ſo [...] there done in the preſence of ſo [...] [...]imble, gaue vnto him the Earledome of [...]oſſe foreuermore.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 [...] Ferquhard ſucceeded [...] Earles [...] of his ſurname,The Earldom of Roſſe giue William Roſſe alias Leſlie. but the ſixt Earle was named William Roſſe, otherwiſe Leſly, in whoſe ſonne the ſeuenth Earle, fayled the dignitie of that houſe for fault of ſucceſſion. At the ſometime prince Alexander king Alexanders ſonne did ho|mage vnto king Edward for the Earledome of Huntington, as the Scottiſh writers do teſtifie.

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